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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Methven Castle. William Smythe, Esq. 

 Altitude, 260 to 280 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, till, and rock}'. 

 Corresijonclent : Mr. Peter Whittox, The Gardens, Methyen, Pertii. 



Botanical Xame 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Peet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 







Abies Albertiana 



23 



68 



4 



7 



27 



E. 



Beautiful specimen. 



„ Douglasii 



33 



65 



6 



10 



33 



open. 



A grand tree. 



„ gTandis 



21 



35 



4 



0 



12 



j> 





„ Hookeriana 



31 



15 



1 



1 



8 



sheltd. 



Slow growing ; pretty. 



„ magnitica 



13 



25 



2 



2 



9 



open. 



Handsome ; promising. 





50 



50 



6 



11 



25 



sheltd. 



Beautiful tree. 





21 



35 



2 



7 



12 



open. 



Thrives well here. 



,, Nordmanniana ... 



22 



35 



2 



5 



15 



sheltd. 



Fine specimen. 





34 



25 



2 



2 



10 





Small tree ; pretty. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



35 



35 



4 



3 



16 



open. 



Fine ; leaves sometimes 















injured. 





35 



20 



3 



0 



10 



sheltd. 



Slow growing. 





25 



30 



2 



8 



10 



open. 



Many fine trees. 







90 



9 



10 



25 



sheltd. 



Fine tree. 



Cryptomeria japonica... 



35 



30 



5 



5 



12 





Fine ; best in shelter. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



33 



45 



5 



4 



15 



open. 



Grand specimen. 



Libocedrus decurrens... 



30 



25 



3 



5 



8 



sheltd. 



Beautiful tree. 





50 



35 



3 



9 



10 



open. 



Very slow growing. 



„ Lambertiana 



50 



30 



2 



7 



9 





Fine ; requires shelter. 



Thuyopsis borealis 



33 



37 



3 



4 



12 



sheitd. 



Grand specimen. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



25 



61 



7 



5 



16 



5J 



Very handsome tree. 



General Kemarks. — The above are the measurements and particulars of 

 some of the finest specimens of the Conifers growing here, and as a rule they are 

 all thriving well. I have planted all of them that are under forty years of age ; 

 and have raised them from seeds, cuttings, or two-year-old seedling plants, nothing 

 older being got. In many cases the plants from cuttings are thriving as vigor- 

 ously as any seedlings and forming as fine specimens ; but, when they can be had, 

 seedlings are to be preferred. 



